Chapter 1446: Filming Begins (10)

Since he is a film worker, he doesn't want these niche categories to be unknown and cut off from the inheritance. Any support is a good thing.

In addition, the investment in this film was not enough, so he had to pay out of his own pocket. As we all know, the investment in movies is a bottomless pit. Bo Yan discussed with the production team for a long time, but the amount still didn't match.

"How much is the difference?" Xia Siyu asked directly.

Bo Yan turned to look at her.

"How much is the difference?"

Bo Yan thought for a while, "The current estimate is 20 million. Not counting the marketing and publicity costs in the later stage, only the production costs. If we count the marketing and channel fees, I don't know how much more it will cost."

Let's not talk about marketing first. The channel fee is how they negotiate with the cinema. If they are willing to give up a little more profit and let the cinema take the lion's share, maybe they will schedule more screenings when the movie is released. Scheduling is too important for a movie, and it basically determines the box office in the first few days. For this, they have knocked down a pretty good distribution company, and they have a good relationship with the cinema. As long as it doesn't occupy those big schedules such as the summer vacation and Spring Festival, it shouldn't be a problem.

In a way, movies are like a college entrance examination. But movie distribution is like filling out applications for the college entrance examination. Everyone definitely wants to squeeze the best schedule, just like candidates want to go to the best school. But if you are rejected, you may not be able to get into the second choice school, and the box office will be worse than some movies that are not as good as yours.

But these games are all in the later stage, everything has to be filmed first.

Xia Siyu thought for a while: "I can pay these 20 million."

Bo Yan stood up immediately: "How can this be, I..."

Xia Siyu stretched out her hand to stop him: "I can pay these 20 million, but you still have to calculate the full amount of the film remuneration for me. One thing is one thing, this is different. I need this part of the film remuneration to give to the people in the studio. This is my job, and I will not retreat a step. But, 20 million is my personal investment."

Bo Yan was still a little uneasy: "But, you have paid a lot of compensation before, and you didn't have much income last year..."

Xia Siyu waved her hand: "Do you have any misunderstandings about me? I have been in the industry for eight years after all. And in the past eight years, I have always been a top star. How can I be short of money? In fact, Qin Baizhou is still good to me. He helped me block part of the compensation. Although I paid part of the money, it is completely enough. And, most importantly, I didn't buy a house or a car. I don't have any special hobbies for luxury goods."

Of course, she still paid a lot of compensation, almost accounting for a quarter of her income over the years, which can be regarded as a big loss.

She wanted this 15 million yuan salary. First, there is a limit to the friendship price. Her salary cannot be reduced indefinitely, otherwise it will be difficult to ask for a higher price in the future. Second, although she still has the principal, she cannot live off the mountain all the time. There must be some income. Another reason is that some of her money is in funds and fixed deposits, which cannot be withdrawn at all. The turnover of liquid funds is not very flexible. But in a few months, when the money in the fund can be smoothly received, she will be able to pay it out.

Bo Yan did not expect that the problem that troubled him for nearly a month was solved by Xia Siyu in minutes. She also said: "Didn't I say it? If you have no money in the future, I may support you."